Mario

A Sonnet

I watched this game become your Odyssey,
those were the best three months of my being
as you laughed, and cried, and screamed at the screen.
Down, down, down the pipes with life’s platforming
and you made it all the way to world eight
past leaping turtles hammered battle axe
and we celebrated with ice cream snacks,
I caught you thirteen times, up way too late,
I wish I had grounded you forever,
and taken away that hateful machine,
maybe then you would still be here with me,
and we could be so happy together.
	But you and that boy twas destined to be,
	leaving mommy alone with Luigi.